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Written on the back
of the photo - "First day the present Congress Ave. Bridge was open to transportation.
January 1911."
Keep in mind that my uncle copied these pictures sometime in
the 1970s, so there could have been a lot of changes since then - Murray
Montgomery |
Written on the back
of the photo - "Congress Ave. in 1886 during the construction of the present day
Capitol Building."
Note
the unfinished dome of the Capitol. - Murray
Montgomery |
| General George A.
Custer, staff and wives, pose on the steps of the Blind Asylum in the winter of
1865 - Murray
Montgomery |
"Floral Parade - Austin
Carnival - Dec. 11, 1903"
Near the Capitol
grounds |
| Written on the back
of the photo - "Parade
for the dedication of the new Capitol,
May, 1888. Construction took place from 1883-1888. Looking southwest in the 700
block of Congress Ave." |
| Written on the back
of the photo - "Houston and Texas Central Railroad (Katy). Northeast corner of
Congress Ave. and 3rd Street. Built in 1902." |
Written on the back
of the photo - "Sixth and Congress - Ziller Building - Northeast corner - 1899.
Notice old Driskill Hotel on the Right - Littlefield
Building is there now."
Note the Tom Moore sign, the old street lamp.
The things that shaped like an "H" in the sky have something to do with holding
wires together - Murray
Montgomery |
| "Northwest corner
of Congress at 9th Street in the early 1890s. Present site of the Texas Bank."
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| City Hospital about
1884. Located at present (1970s) site of Brackenridge Hospital (14th and Sabine).
Bed capacity at the time was 20 beds. |
| Old
Capitol during the funeral of Gov. Andrew Jackson Hamilton, April 12, 1875.
He was a known Union sympathizer. Hamilton
Pool in Austin is named after him. |
| Original Capitol
building as it appeared after it burned on Nov. 9, 1881. |
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